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The Manse in Thaxted, where Gustav Holst lived from 1917 to 1925 "Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life.
The poem circulated privately for a few years until it was set to music by Holst, to a tune he adapted from his Jupiter to fit the poem's words. It was performed as a unison song with orchestra in the early 1920s, and it was finally published as a hymn in 1925/6 in the Songs of Praise hymnal (no. 188). [3] It was included in later hymnals ...
Westenra had not only recorded the song in English and Māori, as heard on this album, but also in French, Italian, and Japanese. [10] [11] [12] It got No. 1 album position on the Classical Compilation Albums Chart of Official Charts as well as the Classic FM chart after releasing in UK. [13] [14] The Official Album track listing
Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the elder of the two children of Adolph von Holst, a professional musician, and his wife, Clara Cox, née Lediard. She was of mostly British descent, [n 1] daughter of a respected Cirencester solicitor; [2] the Holst side of the family was of mixed Swedish, Latvian and German ancestry, with at least one professional musician in each of the ...
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917.In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus.
Three songs (words: Walter de la Mare) Treble voice, two violins and cello: Vocal: 1926: Two Four-part Rounds: Unaccompanied voices: Vocal: 1926 "Weathers" (song) (words: Thomas Hardy) Solo voice and piano: Instrumental: 1926: Theme and variations: Solo piano: Choral: 1927: Mass in A minor: SSATB choir: Instrumental: 1927: Suite in F: "Allegro ...
"This Have I Done for My True Love", or "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", Op. 34, no. 1 [H128], [1] is a motet [2] or part song [3] composed in 1916 by Gustav Holst. The words are taken from an ancient carol , and the music is so strongly influenced by English folk music that it has sometimes been mistaken for a traditional folk song itself.
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Gustav Holst. The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number ( A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music by Imogen Holst, London, Faber Music Ltd., 1974), opus number , date of composition and title.